The Dragons beat the Giants tonight (August 4, 2008) 5-1 and Masa Yamamoto pitched a complete game, striking out 7. This was his 200th win, making him the 24th pitcher in NPB history to do so (the 23rd was Kimiyasu Kudoh, another old lefty, in 2004).

I personally was betting on him achieving this before August 11 -- his 43rd birthday. This is great for him!

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